Class 1 Lecture:

• “After finishing her explanations, she frequently asks “ok?”.” (25/08/2015)
• “Before whishing everyone a good week, L1 cheers because her voice lasted for the entire lecture.” (25/08/2015)
• “While doing so, she often uses the phrase ‘you know’.” (01/09/2015)
• “L1 thanks the students for their patience before she leaves.” (06/10/2015)

Class 1 Tutorial:

• “As it is the last session before the mid-semester break, L2 talks about her plans for the next two weeks.” (17/09/2015)
• “The tutor (L2) comes back to the room at shortly before 9am and begins to chat with the students about the upcoming exam […]” (29/10/2015)
• “When the presenter says “Good morning” in an Aboriginal language, L2 answers in the same way.” (29/10/2015)
• “She is greeted with a friendly: “Oh, hi! How are you?” by the tutor.” (29/10/2015)
• “[…] while L2 is talking to some students.” (29/10/2015)

Interview with L2:

• “[My classes are] more about a group of people coming together and sharing some information and having a joke”
• “I would see it as myself as an auntie looking after the kids”

Interview with S1:

• “Whereas in the tutorial our teacher speaks more personally.”
• “And the tutorial is where I find that I really connect with those teachers.”

Interview with S3:

• “this class is really nice because it is more personal”
• “In this class they definitely opened up”

Class 2 Lecture:

• “Every time L3 opens the door and welcomes them with a nice word.” (27/08/2015)
• “[…] he apologises for having raced through the lecture and starts a relaxed chat with the class.” (27/08/2015)
• “He tries to learn names and remember what subject the students are studying.” (27/08/2015)

Interview with L3:

• “Because [your self] is such an important part of teaching, you shouldn’t ehm try to isolate it away from your students”.
• “And the idea of […] relating to your students is really important.”
• “So you have a ehm () as Newman suggests it’s an authentic relationship, […] I talk about the idea of […] treating your students or treating your peers as part of your family, part of your mob.”
• “I call them average teachers who try to make that that barrier around them and their students and I don’t think that’s a really good teaching practice.”

Interview with S2:

• “Whereas in this one you can have more personal interaction with the lecturer and […] they know you individually.”
• “It’s more conversational, it’s more relationships-based and I find that this course and the other courses at the Institute are the same.”
• “Much easier because I feel like I’m () talking to a friend”
• “I can be more open and honest”
• “So if you’ve got a relationship with your teacher of course you gonna remember stuff more.”
• “it’s all about culture and spirituality and relationship and it’s a completely different way of looking at (right) and relating to other people.”
• “which he has responded to in a really friendly way. And I like that. And in the last lesson when he encouraged us to come back and talk to him and say hi and tell him how we’re doing, I think that’s – he cares about us.”

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